So there’s the fabulous little bakery near my dad’s office building in downtown San Antonio. We had lunch there back in May when I was in town for my sister’s bachelorette party and bridal shower weekend. The gal who runs the bakery puts together the most interesting ingredients… I most enjoyed the Green Chili Apple Pie that she had on the menu the day I was there.

We were chatting this weekend and he kept going on and on about this new dessert she has on her menu at the bakery. And while it wasn’t exactly a dessert parfait like this one…I still can’t figure out exactly what he was describing… but I was inspired while he was telling me about it to make a chocolate cake parfait. With fresh strawberries or raspberries. And maybe some berry syrup.

But that would require me to actually make a chocolate cake from scratch (since I ditched all the boxes last year), and I really didn’t feel up for that. So I compromised.

I grabbed a few black bean brownies from the freezer from last weekend’s batch cooking session. Pulled out some raspberries from the freezer (from the $1 sale.) And whipped up some instant pudding that Steve picked up on the way home from the library with the boys. (I’ll be adding a buck to next week’s shopping post.)

So this dessert was for Steve. And Steve alone. The boys had the brownies, but could not have the pudding (dairy allergy). And I ate some frozen raspberries. (If I’d had enough avocados on hand…I would have made the “chocomole” pudding for the boys.)

You will love this one, I too play around looking for a different cake.
A Strawberry shortcake with crushed drained pineapple and crushed mild jalapeno’s
I used a regular pound cake mix. Adding 3/4 cup of pineapple to the batter. Then add three Tablespoons of jalapeno’s. Bake as directed on box.
Topping, slice the Strawberries place in a bowl. Add one cup pineapple and 1/4 cup jalapeno’s
Adding your favorite sweetener (equal was what I choose) cover and let stand overnight in the refrigerator. This can be done the day before baking the cake.
Slice the cake cover with the Strawberry mixture then add some cool whip.